OUTLINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outlined mean? 

• OUTLINED (adjective)
  The adjective OUTLINED has 1 sense:

1. showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary

  Familiarity information: OUTLINED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTLINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary

Synonyms:

defined; outlined

Context example:

the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill

Similar:

distinct (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined)

 Context examples 

Both the LMB 81 and LMB 89 Group B protocols follow a similar regimen to that outlined in the LMB 84 regimen.

(LMB-84 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

She sat with that proud, delicate profile of hers outlined against the red curtain.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could see his black figure clearly outlined against the green behind him.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The LMB 89 Group C regimen follows a similar regimen to that outlined in the LMB 86 protocol.

(LMB-86 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Outlined against the clear blue of the sky, he had the appearance of an enormous spider crawling along the tracery of its web.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was opened immediately, and the figure of a tall woman was outlined against the dim-lit hall.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, hardly daring to look and yet unable to turn away my eyes, I saw a figure dimly outlined in the corner upon which the stair opened.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Characteristics which are necessary to allow a subject to participate in a clinical study, as outlined in the study protocol.

(Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)

Medical and/or social characteristics that prevent a subject from being allowed to participate in a clinical study, as outlined in the study protocol.

(Exclusion Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)

Medical and/or social characteristics which are necessary for a subject to be allowed to participate in a clinical study, as outlined in the study protocol.

(Inclusion Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)